tekereg

Hungarian

Etymology

teker +‎ -eg (frequentative verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛkɛrɛɡ]
  • Hyphenation: te‧ke‧reg
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Verb

tekereg

  1. (intransitive, derogatory, of a person) to hang about, loiter, loaf around (to wander about aimlessly, outside of one's home, avoiding work, doing nothing in particular)
    Synonyms: csavarog, kószál, kujtorog, kóvályog, csatangol
  2. (intransitive) to squirm, wriggle, wind, twist (to twist one's body with snakelike motions)
    Synonyms: tekerőzik, kígyózik
    Egy kígyó tekergett a vízben. ― A snake was wriggling in the water.

Conjugation
conjugation of tekereg
1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal		 3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal		 3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. tekergek tekeregsz tekereg tekergünk tekeregtek tekeregnek
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. tekeregtem tekeregtél tekergett tekeregtünk tekeregtetek tekeregtek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. tekeregnék tekeregnél tekeregne tekeregnénk tekeregnétek tekeregnének
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. tekeregjek tekeregj or
tekeregjél		 tekeregjen tekeregjünk tekeregjetek tekeregjenek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive tekeregni tekeregnem tekeregned tekeregnie tekeregnünk tekeregnetek tekeregniük
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
tekergés tekergő tekergett ― tekeregve tekereghet

Derived terms
  • tekergés

(With verbal prefixes):

  • eltekereg

References
  1. Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading
  • tekereg in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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